Hypernyms for "principle"
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accounting principle
accounting standard
basic principle
basics
bedrock
caveat emptor
chivalry
conservation
dialectics
dictate
ethic
feng shui
fundamental principle
fundamentals
Gestalt law of organization
Gestalt principle of organization
Gresham''s Law
Hellenism
higher law
Huygens'' principle of superposition
hypothetical imperative
insurrectionism
judicial doctrine
judicial principle
knightliness
law of parsimony
Le Chatelier principle
Le Chatelier-Braun principle
Le Chatelier''s law
Le Chatelier''s principle
legal principle
localisation
localisation of function
localisation principle
localization
localization of function
localization principle
logic
mass action
mass-action principle
mass-energy equivalence
moral principle
Naegele''s rule
Occam''s Razor
Ockham''s Razor
pillar
pleasure principle
pleasure-pain principle
pleasure-unpleasure principle
principle of equivalence
principle of liquid displacement
principle of parsimony
principle of superposition
reality principle
scruple
superposition
superposition principle
Tao
value orientation
value-system
yang
yin
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.